Stephenville Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, September 30, 1927 Page: 8 of 8
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THE STEPHENVILLE TRIBUNE, STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS
these patrol* In Hundred* of school*
throughout the country i* evideiAe
that the courteoua helpfulness of
motor car driver* has been extend-
ed to these youngsters whose white
belts and arm bands identify them
as safety crusadfers. There is every
reason to believe that still greater
co-operation will be given during
the current school year. The pur-
A New York girl danced 89*
miles in four hours doing the black
bottom. She must have had runs
in her stockings.
Weepah is the naipe of the
mining camp in Nevada, l
thousands of gold seekers are
gregated. And a groat many
pahs will be leaving there pr*
ly, sure as you’re born.
is known by the people he write*
about?
WITH REOPENING OF SCHOOLS
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE MORE
CAREFUL, WARNS A. A. A. BODY
Court House News
Industrial minds may as well
take up the question without delay
of preventing exorbitant rates for
airplane fares.
Marriage Licenses Issued
Ernest Harris to Miss Lometa
Burks, Stephenville, Rte. 8.
Bill Carter to Miss Isla Favors,
Stephenville, Rte. 4.
Do you suppose there would be
anything in a theory that an author
Washington, Sept. 29.—Reopen-
ing of public, private and parochial
schools In all parts of the country
has served to create definite traffic
hasards in every municipality and
rural district, and it distinctly is up
to every motorist so to drive as to
overcome the haxards thus reestab-
lished.
This is the keynote of a warning
issued today by national headquart-
er* of the American Automogilc as-
sociation, in which it is pointed out
that the prevention of accidents in-
volving school children largely is
within the province of the individu-
al motorist.
“School days are here again,”
say* the statement, “bringing mil-
lions of children upon the streets
and highways. Among these mil-
lions are little one* of four, five
and six years of age who for the
first time are leaving the protec-
tion and safety of their homes to
venture forth into an entirely new
world. This world will have ter-
rors enough for these children with-
out that of the recklessly driven
automobile.
“If every motor car driver could
know and always remember the
enormoiht difference his care and
consideration would mean in keep-
ing these children safe from phys-
ical harm as well as from a fear
that may mar the rest of their
lives, there is no question but that
a mighty stride would have been
taken toward street and highway
safety as it refers to the younger
pedestrians.”
No consideration of business or
pleasure is sufficiently important
that it should be allowed to en-
danger the life of a child, the na-
tional motoring agency officials
point out, but, they declare, there
is the temptation to overlook this
fact which the car owner ever
should be on the alert to avoid.
While those children who have had
one or several years in school have
been taught the rudiments of safe-
ty, they cannot be expected always
to exercise the utmost care, says
the statement, and after playing
during the summer on safe play-
grounds, there is always a tendency
toward a let-down in their safety
sense when they first return to the
streets.
“This trust is one to which no
motorist ever intentionaly would
be traitorous,” the statement de-
clares.
Discussing the schoolboy patrols
which have been organized by A.
A. A. clubs in co-operation with
school authorities in scores of cities
the statement says:
- “The reduction of accidents that
is traceable to the establishment of
lee Ellis first.
known to, and have impressed,
motorists.
“The motor car operator has
learned that when the boy patrol-
man holds up his hand or sets the
stop sign against him that it is not
an order but a plea for assistance.
Who could resist such a plea when
behind it is the calm, confident
Births Reported
Darline Lee, born Sept. 24, 1927,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. R.
Baker, Stephencille.
Alva, born Sept. 14, 1927, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Vanderpool,
Stephenville Rte. 1.
Jesse Allen, born Sept. 26, 1927,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Zimmer-
man, Stephenville.
Martha Jean, born Aug. 17, 1927,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ay-
cock, Stephenville.
Edwin Edsel, born Sept. 21, 1927,
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. James,
Stephenville Rte. 1.
Ina Mae, born Sept 14, 1927,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. L.
Latham, Stephenville. -
Charlie Coleman, born July 12,
1927, son of Mr. and Mrs. Loye
Nichols, Stephenville.
Carl Cecil, born Sept 14, 1927,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hamil-
ton, Stephenville.
Imogene, born Sept 21, 1927,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Nichols, Stephenville.
And This Information Is Open to Every Business Man Who Is
a Member of This Association. What Does Your Record Say?
-If you have always paid promptly and in full, your record tells the world that when
you make a debt, you are good for it
-If you have been slow pay, or if you have failed to pay your bills, the record is just
as you made it. , • j
•Our records are open to all member merchants, and they consult our records when a
stranger asks for credit at their place of business.
•Are you doing yourself an injustice by allowing your record to become tainted with
the words—“Slow Pay,” or “Won’t Pay”? ,
-It is always a pleasure fer us to tell a merchant that someone who has applied for
credit has always paid his bills when they fell due.
-We do not like to report unfavorably on anyone, but you make your own credit record
and we must report to the merchant just as you have- made it.
-If you have bills that are past due, go in and pay them. Your merchant trusted you
when you wanted credit. Now show that his trust was not misplaced.
-When you pay your bills that are overdue, we know that you have made an honest ef-
fort and rate you accordingly.
-It is now at the first of a new month, and there is no time like the present to get right
with those who have extended credit to you.
-In some cases, we know, it is sometimes impossible to meet an obligation—due to sick,
ness or "other urgent causes—when a bill is due. J
t, \
-But do not on that account avoid the merchant to whom you are under obligation^Go
to him and explain why you cannot pay. /
J **
He will be glad to extend any possible courtesy and suggest new terms. /
TO MY FRIENDS
AND CUSTOMERS
I have recently sold my re-
tail filling station on the
Southwest corner of the
Square and will in the future
concentrate all my efforts in
the wholesale distribution of
fewer tragic accidents involving the
school child,” the statement con-
cludes. '
WORLD’S FUNNIEST
COMEDY” HERE SOON
Simms Oil and Gas
see Ellis first.
A picture described as the world’s
funniest comedy comes to the Ma-
jestic Theatre next week. It is
“Rookies/' with Karl Dane' and
George K. Arthur featured as a
new comedy team, with Marceline
Day in the leading feminine role.
Sam Wood directed this new Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer success from a
story and continuity by Byron Mor-
gan.
“Rookies” tells an exceedingly
amusing tale of life in a citizens’
military training camp. Dane has
the role of a hard-boiled top-ser-
geant whose rival for the hand of
Marceline Day is a scrubby young
private played in inimitable fashion
by George K. Arthur. The warfare
between these two is carried on
through scenes of alternate laugh-
ter and terror, as many episodes
take place in a runaway balloon
above the clouds.
Co-operation from the United
States Government in staging this
production has made possible an
authentic and graphic background
of military life in the training
camps.
Deaths Reported
John Thomas Knapp, age not
given, died Sept. '9, 1927, Gustine.
Miss Mollie Eadon, died Sept. 22^
1927, aged 76 years, Johnsville.
—see Ellis first.
I wish to sincerely thank all
my friends and customers in
Stephenville and Erath coun-
ty for the business they have
given me In my retail station
and assure one and all that
this business was appreciat-
Real Estate Transfers >
J. A. Hurley to Ben Hale, lot in
Stephenville. Consideration, $76.
J. T. Henry et al to W. H. Van-
dyke, lot in Dublin, Consideration,
$1100.00.
J. B. Liles to J. A. Underwood,
100 acres. Consideration, $10.00.
Lewis Moore (by Sheriff’s deed)
to'J.' C. Latham, lot in Dublin. Con-
sideration, $500.00.
Sol Oxford to J. M Oxford, lot in
Stephenville. Consideration, $600.
Texas Power. & Light Co. to J. M.
Oxford, 1.74 acres. Consideration,
$100.00.
Those wha want wholesale
oil and gas can get prompt
attention by calling me.
CLEM HANCOCK
(WE KNOW WHO PAYS)
Wholesale Simms Oil and
Gasoline
STEPHENVILLE
LET’S GO TO
The 9
Maiestic
- _ T h e a t re
Jy^OOL and
Alean
CHURCH OF CHRIST
One hundred forty-two at prayer
last Wednesday night. P. E. Payne
and his young people’s class have
charge of the service this Wednes-
day, October 6.. Woodrow Robin-
son loads- the chirdren in a special'
program arranged by Mrs. Joe
Harrell and Miss Dora Rawlings.
There were fine services Sunday
with one addition.
Quite a number from this church
are this week attending the great
union revival of the Churches of
Christ in Flirt Worth, being held in
the First Baptist church.
Next Sunday night “How Persons
are Made Believers."
Sunday, October 16, Professors
Garrett and Hale of Tarleton, will
fill this pulpit while this minister is
in a revival at Rockport, Texas. The
Sunday school teaching force met
in counsel at the church Monday
night, outlining the teaching ser-
vice. New classes are imperative
because of the growing work. Sev-
enty-five new college students have
rejoiced our hearts. Heb. 13:1.—
“Be not forgetful to entertain
strangers.”
Duties dodged destroy devotion.
The merry-go-round life stops just
where it started. You would soon
move from Stephenville’ if there
were no churches here. Moral,
every citizen should attend a«jd
support the chflrches. Wise is the
man who knows what not to say
and remember not to say it. We
never miss a service.—Ben West,
Minister.
An Open Letter to the Editor
From the President of General Motors
I yAKT SPRING I wrote you that my belief
in the country newspaper had led us in. General
Motors to decide to advertise our products
together in the small-city press of the country.
The returns from the series of the messages
recently published have justified that faith;
and we shall continue to advertise in your
community through your newspaper this fall.
It occurs to me, however, that some of your
readers may be asking: “What is General
Motors?” and “Why is General Motors?”
These are fair questions and I should like to
answer them as frankly as I can.
General Motors was organized some years
ago on the theory that a group of large com-
panies, working together, could render a better
service than they could separately. In this we
simply applied to industry a principle that is
as old as civilization as regards the human
family and human progress.
Original members of the General Motors
family were Bulck, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Oak-
land and Oldsniobile, together with the Delco-
Light Company and other well-known com-
panies manufacturing automotive equipment.
By joining together their resources, we were
able to establish great Research Laboratories,
a 1245-acre Proving Ground and the GMAC
Plan of credit purchase; to effect vast econ-
omies in purchase and manufacture and
distribution; to assure and maintainthequality
of every product in the General Motors family.
Has Hie General Motors family principle
proved itself in practice?
The best answer, I think, is to compare the
Chevrolet, Buick, Cadillac, Oldsmobile and
Oakland of today with the models of five or
ten years ago.
Then add Pontiac, a General Motors crea-
tion. Add LaSalle, another General Motors
creation. And then consider how General
Motors has developed these cars into a com-
plete line, within which any family may find
a suitable quality car at the price it plana to
pay: "A Car for Every Purse and Purpose.”
Another example is Frigidaire, the electric
refrigerator. General Motors had the resources
to spend millions to develop a satisfactory
refrigerator, and then to apply to its manu-
facture the same processes which have in-
creased the utility and lowered the cost of the
automobile.
We believe that this record justifies General
Motors as an economic institution. Its prod-
ucts are quality products, first of all. Their
prices represent the economies of united effort
passed on to the purchaser. In the last year one
in each three Automobiles chosen by the public
has been a General Motors car. The service of
Delco-Light electric plants has extended to
more than a quarter million homes, while
Frigidaire has become the world’s largest sell-
ing convenience of its kind.
We believe also that the values now offered
in the current General Motors products
(which are listed below) prove anew that
“many minds are better than one” and that ■
family of companies, working together, can
produce results which are decidedly in the
public interest and of increasing benefit to the
individual family.
Very truly yours,
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., Proaiden t
General Motors Corporation
Detroit, September 23, 1927
IT IS FOR YOUR PLEASURE—ALWAYS A
GOOD SHOW
• FRIDAY, SEPT. 29th
“COLLEEN”
With Madge Bellomy
A happy picture of Irish hearts and Irish wit with
an appealing loye story. You will see Madge Bel-
lomy in her greatest role—a dainty little “COLEEN”
from the old sod blossoming out on American soil:
SATURDAY, OCT. 1st—
MATINEE 10c
“SPURS AND SADDLES”
A good western full of adventure and thrills.
SATURDAY NIGHT—
“UP STREAM”
With Nancy and Raymond Hitchcock
A romance of the roaring rim of life called Broad-
way, based on the story—"The Snake’s Wife,” by
•Wallace Smith.
MONDAY-TUESDAY, OCT. 3rd-4th— '
“ROOKIES”
The World’s Funniest Comedy with George Arthur
and Haul Dare
This is positively the funniest picture ever made.
It has taken the country by storm. The hilarious
tale of a chap who goes to training camp to escape a
six months jail sentence. He runs into enough es-
capades and romance and laughs to last a life time.
PRESBYTERIAN SERVICES
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.
Preaching services at 10:45 a. m.
and 7:30 p. m.
Both services were well attended
last Sunday but not up to our goal.
Let’s every member be In his or her
place next Sunday and help make
the attendance equal to the church
enrollment. It will take just a lit-
tle effort on yotir part to do so and
you owe it to your church. Be
present to welcome new members
Into the church at both services
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 5th—
“DANCE MAGIC
With Ben Lyon and Pauline Stacke
A drama of bright lights and broken hearts, of a girl
who danced to fame behind the footlights—and a boy
whq saved her from paying the price of the Piper.
COMING—
“The Big Parade” Oct 10-11-12
GENERAL MOTORS
CHEVROLET* PONTIAC* OLDSMOBILE OAKLAND BUICK* LASALLE* CADILLAC
fklGiDAIKB—Tht Electric |i/r(|«r*Mr - ‘DELCO-LIGHT—Bite trie Plaatt
Gif AC Ham af Time Pafmaait
next Sunday.
The public is cordially invited to
worship with us and are assured •
friendly and homelike welcome and
atmosphere. — S. F. McCaffity,
Pastor.
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